This novel depicts the legendary life and career of a hero of 19th century America. It describes his troubled youth and remarkable West Point training. A legendary rise through the ranks in the most challenging era of our nation's history. The epic struggles of a young officer against the rigors of frontier America's nature and the native Americans who occupied it. The story depicts the exploits and struggles encountered in exciting detail. The life and death conflicts leap from every page describing the superhuman accomplishments. It is told from the manifest destiny attitude of the era and how it was met by the resistance of the Native Americans it came into conflict with. The irresistible force meets the immovable object in an exciting and exhilarating tale.